Meanings
abbreviation fMRI · alternative functional magnetic-resonance imaging
- uncountablemedicineA form of magnetic resonance imaging that records the flow of blood to areas of the brain when the patient is undertaking a specific neural activity.
The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild.
2021 November 19, Madeline Holcombe, “Is your mom warmer with her grandkids than with you? A new study says blame biology”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 功能性磁振造影
- 功能性磁振造影 (gōngnéngxìng cízhèn zàoyǐng)form of MRI
Finnish funktionaalinen magneettikuvaus
- funktionaalinen magneettikuvausform of MRI
German funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie
- funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographieform of MRI
Russian функциона́льная магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия
- функциона́льная магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия (funkcionálʹnaja magnítno-rezonánsnaja tomográfija)form of MRI
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functional magnetic resonance imaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/functional%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging
“functional magnetic resonance imaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/functional%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “functional magnetic resonance imaging,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/functional%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging.
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